Chapter 124 Don’t rest tonight After Lin Changqing left, Lan Huixing…

After Lin Changqing left, Lan Hui excitedly opened the food box that Lin Changqing had brought. "Persimmons, green dates, oranges, and wow, Fu Jin, there are even kiwis!"

When Qi Buchen heard the name of kiwi, his stomach felt sour and he couldn't help but start vomiting again.

Lan Hui hurried over to serve her. After she drank a glass of warm water, Lan Hui asked, "Fujin, you haven't eaten yet today. Would you like some fruit?"

Qi Buchen nodded gloomily: "Orange, please."

It was rare that the oranges delivered were sweet and juicy. Qi Buchen finally had the appetite to eat two more.

I don’t know if it was a psychological effect or his body gradually adapting, but after Qi Buchen had almost finished eating the fruit sent by Yinzhen, his seasickness symptoms began to ease day by day. He no longer lay in the small room all day, and would occasionally go to the deck to get some fresh air.

"Fujin, look at those standing there, it looks like you and Su Peisheng?"

Qi Buchen, who had just stood on the deck and was about to breathe fresh air, looked in the direction Lan Hui pointed. About thirty or forty meters ahead of their boat, there was a boat of similar size. Two people were standing at the stern looking at them. Who else could it be but Yinzhen and Su Peisheng?

They were not close and there was fog on the river, so Qi Buchen couldn't see Yinzhen's face clearly, but she inexplicably felt that Yinzhen's eyes were full of worry when he looked at her.

She really wanted to shout loudly or do something to tell Yinzhen that she was fine, but the other people who were looming on the boat stopped her. She could only raise her hand and wave it slightly in front of her chest.

She saw Yinzhen take a step forward and then tilt his head. Qi Buchen guessed that he was stopped by Su Peisheng.

Qi Buchen waved his hand again, signaling him not to move. The two boats were so far apart that even if he hung outside the side of the boat, he couldn't reach her.

The two of them just stared at each other across the river. Although they couldn't see each other's expressions clearly, they could still see the affectionate feeling between them.

After looking at each other for a long time, Qi Buchen shuddered. The weather in February was still very cold, and the temperature on the river was even lower. Qi Buchen's body, which had just been seriously ill, could not bear it.

Lan Hui noticed and advised, "Fujin, let's go back first."

Qi Buchen hesitated and was reluctant to leave. She hadn't seen Yinzhen for a long time. When people are vulnerable, especially when they are sick, they miss their close ones the most.

Yinzhen seemed to have noticed something was wrong with her. Qi Buchen saw Yinzhen pointing at her and waving his hand, which meant to signal her to go back to the cabin.

Even though she was reluctant, Qi Buchen knew that health was more important. She waved goodbye reluctantly, then walked into the cabin, looking back every few steps.

No one could be seen for a long time, but Yinzhen was still standing there, maintaining his posture without moving.

Su Peisheng was almost frozen to death and could not help but persuade: "Master, let's go in. What if you get sick from the cold, and then the wife will be worried, and then worry will make her sick..."

Yinzhen turned around suddenly, his eyes slashing across Su Peisheng's face like a knife: "What did you say?"

Su Peisheng shuddered, realizing that his words were like a curse for Fu Jin to get sick. He knelt down and slapped himself in the face: "This slave deserves death! This slave is talking nonsense! May Fu Jin live a hundred years!"

"Hmph!" Yinzhen's face was still not good, but considering that he didn't mean it, at least he still let the person get up.

Su Peisheng followed Yinzhen into the cabin, secretly regretting that he was too careless. He had been in a bad mood recently because of the emperor's illness, and today the emperor rejected his request to accompany him to review the river works. He finally went out to take a breath and saw that the emperor's mood was slightly better, but he rashly ruined it.

Buddha bless me, please don’t let me encounter people or things that ruin my mood anymore.

What you fear will come to you.

Just as Su Peisheng opened the door and was about to invite Yinzhen in, the door next door opened and Yinzhi walked out.

It's over.

At this moment, Su Peisheng wished that time could go back. He must have said nothing just now and let the master stand outside as long as he wanted. Otherwise, he would have opened the door faster and invited the master into the room and closed the door before the third prince came out.

"Fourth brother, are you going out for some fresh air?" Yinzhi greeted with a warm smile. "Is it cold outside? I'm going to accompany you to inspect the river works the day after tomorrow. Do you think my clothes are too thin?"

Yinzhen's eyes were cold and he said calmly, "No?"

"Really? That's good." Yinzhi looked happy. "Alas, usually your third sister-in-law takes care of what I wear. Now that she's suddenly gone, these servants don't know how to do anything. They can't even help me get dressed. They almost made me catch a cold. If it's because of this that I can't accompany you, I'm going to teach them a lesson!"

Yinzhen drooped his eyelids and did not respond.

"But, alas, when the Emperor inspected the river works this time, why didn't you ask for permission to go with him?" Yinzhi asked in confusion. "I remember you've always been interested in river works, haven't you? You spent so much time in the Ministry of Works?"

Yinzhen clenched his hands behind his back and said calmly, "Third brother, are you okay? I'll go back to my room first."

"What's the hurry?" Yinzhi said, half-smiled. "I heard your wife is ill? You sent people to look for fresh fruit a while ago. Are you feeling better now? Would you like me to bring you something back the next day?"

The air pressure around Yinzhen was getting lower and lower, and his voice was also tinged with the breath of ice and snow: "No need, please do as you please." After saying that, he stepped into the door that had already been opened without looking back.

Yinzhi was still outside, shaking his head and sighing: "We are all brothers, why is Fourth Brother so polite?"

The only response he got was the door closing.

Qi Buchen didn't know all this. This was the disadvantage of taking a boat: it was inconvenient to transmit information. Although the fleet stayed at the dock for a day on the third day, they could not disembark at will without Kangxi's order.

The speed of water transportation is still very fast nowadays. When March, when the grass is green and the birds are singing, arrives, an exciting news begins to spread in the fleet.

We're almost in Yangzhou! Time to go ashore!

"Fujin, look over there! There are so many foreigners on that boat!" Lan Hui said excitedly. "And that one too, why are there so many foreigners?"

Qi Buchen was also somewhat surprised. This was the late 17th century, during the Qing Dynasty, yet there were so many Western ships anchored at the Yangzhou docks. Although he had long heard that there were many Westerners in the south, especially in Guangzhou and Fujian, and that Western ships were constantly traveling on the rivers, seeing it with his own eyes still gave Qi Buchen a sense of time and space being tangled.

Finally stepping onto the ground, Qi Buchen felt his body was heavy and he walked a little unsteadily, as if his feet were not firmly planted.

People went ashore in batches. When it was Qi Buchen and his companions' turn, Kangxi and the Empress Dowager had already left, as had the princes. Although their wives had not yet disembarked, their mothers had already gotten off the boat. As sons, how could they not escort their mothers to the palace?

Although Yinzhen did not have a deep relationship with Concubine De, he did not want to give others a chance to criticize him on such matters. So even though he wanted to see Concubine Fu, he still protected Concubine De and left first.

Qi Buchen had known about this situation and was not disappointed. She got on the carriage and drove all the way to the palace, and then was taken to the small courtyard arranged for her and Yinzhen.

Thinking that Yinzhen might not come back so soon, Qi Buchen took a bath by herself first. She had lived on the boat for a month and rarely had a bath. She felt sore all over.

Soaking in the hot water, Qi Buchen felt so comfortable that he almost fell asleep. Just as he was getting ready with great interest, Yinzhen suddenly came in.

Qi Buchen instinctively covered his chest and glared at him: "What are you doing!"

"Take a bath." Yinzhen walked towards her without blinking.

They were supposed to be husband and wife, and it wasn't like they hadn't bathed together before, but perhaps because they hadn't seen each other for so long, Qi Buchen felt extremely embarrassed. "Don't come over here! If you want to bathe, wait for me to get out first." Seeing that Yinzhen showed no sign of stopping, she became anxious. "We're in the palace, and it's still daylight!"

"Heh." Yinzhen walked to the bucket and stopped. He couldn't help but smile. He leaned over and kissed her face. "It's not like you haven't seen it before. Why are you shy?"

Qi Buchen turned his head away in shame and anger, shrank back into the bucket, and pouted, "Don't mess around."

"Alright." Yinzhen laughed twice more before saying, "The servants said you'd been in there for a long time, so I came in to see if you were asleep."

"Come out quickly, your body is all wrinkled."

Qi Buchen finally relaxed a little: "You go out first, I'll be out soon."

"Tsk." Yinzhen was a little dissatisfied. However, after not seeing each other for a month, why was Fu Jin guarding against him like a wolf? Could it be that he was such an impatient person?

...He really is.

Unfortunately, it’s the wrong place and time now, so I can only eat some appetizers to satisfy my craving.

Before Qi Buchen could react, Yinzhen pressed her into the bathtub and blocked her mouth.

When the two came out, it was already a quarter of an hour later. Yinzhen looked refreshed, while Qi Buchen looked resentful.

After Yinzhen took a bath and they had dinner together, Qi Buchen lazily leaned on the couch: "Why did you come back so soon?"

"Mother said she was tired, and the Emperor and the Empress Dowager also said they needed to rest for a while, so I came back." Yinzhen leaned against her side, squeezing her hand. "There's no flesh on your hands anymore, so you need to replenish them later."

Speaking of this, Qi Buchen excitedly sat up, holding his face to show Yinzhen, and boasted: "See, this pointed chin, this smooth jawline, ah, this is the face shape I've always dreamed of. I want to keep it! Such a perfect face shape is not allowed to be ruined by fat. From now on, I won't need dinner!"

"What nonsense!" Yinzhen pinched her face with dissatisfaction, frowning and saying, "You're just a layer of skin left, what's so good about it! If you dare not eat dinner, I'll show you how I'll deal with you!"

Qi Buchen yelled, "You don't understand. This kind of effect is what so many people have spent their whole lives striving for. I finally got it, and I won't allow you to destroy it!"

Yinzhen laughed angrily: "Looking at how energetic you are, I guess you're not that tired after sitting on the boat for a month. Well, it seems you don't need to rest tonight."

He spoke harshly, but when he got on the bed at night and saw the person snoring as soon as he touched the bed, Yinzhen gritted his teeth, but in the end he still hugged the person in his arms without moving at all.